Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Your Pet and Christmas Picture Contest!!, 1 by Gemila

Gemila wrote:
I have a feeling this is going to be tough picking a winner since everyone has such adorable pets. I guess I'm partial to Aggie because he's mine but I really like the others too. Lanny looks like he has such a sweet personality. It comes thru in the pictures.

OldFlowerGirl, Westies have two coats, a wiry outer coat and the silky soft undercoat. I do his grooming and am no expert. The best way to groom him is to hand strip the coat but that can take hours for an expert, it probably would take me a whole day. I actually tried to do a bit of handstripping but felt as if I was pulling his hair out, I guess I wasn't doing it right either. So intead I bought some dog grooming sheers and did it myself. I've been learning as I go, this was the 4th time I've done it and each time has been a challenge trying to groom a wiggly dog. The buzzing sound makes him nervous and he doesn't care for the scissors either. I also do his nail trims. I would have loved to have gotten a dog like Lanny but I have three kids ages 5, 4, &2 so I felt that a smaller delicate dog wouldn't be a good idea. I love bulldogs but can't afford them. Actualy, I like alot of breeds but after much research, I felt this breed was the best for us at this point in time. This is a picture of Aggie on his first day home from the breeder. He was almost 7 months old then.